Suspensory.



W. S. WOOTTON.

SUSPENSORY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-4, 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915;

THE NORRIS PETERS CQ, PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D. c

WILLIAM S. WOOT'ION, 0F BOANOKE, VIRGINIA.

SUSPENSORY.

Application filed August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. VVOOTTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in thecounty ofRoanoke and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Suspensories, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in suspensories, the primary objectbeing to provide a generally improved suspensory of exceedingly simple,cheap, and efficient construction which may be readily and convenientlyattached to or detached from an ordinary undershirt or similar garmentworn by the wearer, as well as a suspensory which may be readilyadjusted to meet the varying requirements of a device of this class, andmore particularly,one in which the parts will be retained in properposition while in use.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts,hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure1, is a front view of the improved suspensory as it appears in itsoperative position applied to the body of the wearer. Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective view of the same detached, and illustrating thearrangement of the attaching cords and buttons as they appear whenconnected to the suspensory bows at the front. Fig. 3, a detailperspective view of the pivoted or connected ends of the suspensory bowsand attaching button, the suspensory-bag being remover. Fig. d, anenlarged cross sectional view of the upper portion of one of thesuspensory bows taken on line l4 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved suspensory comprises sub stantially V-shaped suspensorybows 1, of suitable flexible material, and, in the present instance,hingedly or pivotally connected to each other to form the apex portionof the ti-shaped form, said apex portion being provided with asuspensory-bag 2, the latter being formed of any suitable and con-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 113, 119115. Serial No. 782,828.

venient material and connected about its upper marginal edges to theinner or pivoted ends of the bows l, in the present instance, coveringthe latter and secured by a line of stitching 2 As a means for hingedlyor pivotally connecting the suspensory bows 1, as well as forming aconvenient attaching device for connecting the attaching cords or straps3, at the rear, as hereinafter more fully described, a depending button4,.is provided, said button i, being provided with a shank portion 4,forming a connecting bearing for the connected ends of the bows 1, asshown most clearly in Fig. 3, of the drawings.

The suspensory bows 1, are preferably stiffened or reinforced by meansof longitudinally extending ribs 1 and provided at the upper or freeends with loop eyes 1", the latter being preferably provided withoutwardly extending flange portions 1, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4:,of the drawings.

As a means for properly adjusting and securing the parts above describedin proper position upon the wearer, as well as meeting the varyingdemands upon a device of this class while in actual service, theattaching cords or straps 3, when applied to the wearer, are preferablyarranged in V-shaped form, the median portion 3 thereof being adapted todetachably connect with the button 4, the side portions or members beingadapted to extend upwardly and forwardly about the hips or thighs of thewearer, and preferably, over the undershirt or other similar garment,and as a means for adjusting and securing the improved suspensory inproper position relative to the shirt or garment, as well as connectingthe free ends of the bows 1, and cords or straps 3, to each other, thefree ends of said cords or straps are provided with attaching or buttonmembers 5, adapted to engage and be covered with a fold or thickness ofthe undershirt or garment, as at a, and to pass such covering of thegarment through the eyes 1", of the bows, the button members 5, wheninserted and resting in their normal positions serving to pinch andclamp the fabric against the flanges 1, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1,of the drawings.

As a means for more efiectively clamping the cloth or fabric as well aspreventing the disarrangement of the buttons 5, when inserted, thelatter are preferably provided with oppositely disposed notches 5*, ontheir inner sides (see Fig. 2) to receive and interlock with theadjacent flanges 1, of the eyes of the suspensory bows.

The median portion 3 of the attaching cords or straps 3, is preferablyformed of a separate lengthof cord or strap folded upon itself andlooped through loops 3*, of the side straps or cords 3, and adjustablyand detachably connected atthe ends in a loopknot b, by means of whichthe length of the attaching cords or straps may be regulated and thevarious parts adjusted as desired to meet various requirements.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operationand advantages of my invention willbe readily understood.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention, What Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. In a suspensory adapted to be attached to a shirt, a pair of curvedsuspensory bows arranged in V-shaped form and pivotally connected attheir apex portion, a suspensory-bag carried within said apex portion,and attachingcords detachably connected to the. opposite ends of saidbows.

2. In a suspensory adapted to be attached to a shirt, curved suspensorybows hingedly' connected to each other in V-shaped form I and providedwith a suspensory-bag at the apex portion thereof, and means fordetachably supporting and connecting the opposite ends of said bows tosaid shirt.

3. In a suspensory adapted to be attached to a shirt, curved suspensorybows pivotally connected to each other and arranged in V- shaped form, asuspensory-bag carried by said bows, and attaching cord members arrangedin similar form and detachably connected to the opposite ends of saidbows.

t. A suspensory adapted to be attached to a shirt, comprising a pair offlexible suspensory bows arranged in V-shaped form and pivotallyconnected at their apex portion, a suspensory-bag carried at the apexportion of said bows, and attaching cords detachably connected to thefree ends of said bows and to said shirt and the apex portion of saidbows.

5. In a suspensory adapted to be attached to a shirt, a pair ofpivotally connected suspensory bows arranged in V-shaped form, asuspensory-bag within the apex portion thereof, and attaching strapsdetachably connected to said apex portion and provided with attachingmembers detachably connected to said shirt and the free ends of saidbows.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM S. WOOTTON.

Witnesses HUGH S. BLACK, THOMAS H. FERRELL.

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